Jen Hatmaker brought a challenging session at Exponential 2013 at this morning's main session. Here are my brief notes: Incarnational living is the best front-door to discipleship Top reasons for people leaving church: - increasing family responsibilities - frenetic schedule "it is shockingly easy to 'do church' and not make disciples" sacrificial service is one …
Randy Frazee on From Assimilating to Creating Community
Randy Frazee has written and spoken about community within the life of the church for years. His book, The Connecting Church, shaped my own thinking about life in the church in meaningful ways. Now serving at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, where Max Lucado was previously the Senior Pastor, Randy continues to have …
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John Burke on From Assimilating to Creating Community
The second speaker in our main session this afternoon was John Burke of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas. I have heard John speak a number of times but this time he was addressing the need for having some intentionality about how we lead people along a pathway of growth and mission. Here are my notes: …
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Mike Breen on From Assimilating to Creating Community
Mike Breen of 3DM opened up our main sessions on the topic of moving from assimilating to creating community. Mike has been on the forefront of work with missional communities in the UK and here in the States. I was disappointed that he wasn't given more time, but what follows are the few notes that …
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Wayne Cordeiro on From Teaching to Modeling
Wayne Cordeiro of New Hope Church in Hawaii continued on the theme of moving from teaching to modeling. Wayne brought a focused and straightforward message about discipleship. My notes are below: 2 Timothy 2:2 - from teaching to modeling Mark 3 - appointing the 12; "to be with him" "a mind will reach a mind; …
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Matthew Erickson 